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Webster County is a county located in center of the U.S. state of Mississippi, bordered on the south by the Big Black River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,253.
The county was organized in 1874 during the Reconstruction era; the biracial legislature named it after Massachusetts statesman Daniel Webster. Its county seat is Walthall, designated in 1876.
After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, Webster County voters established this as a "dry county." In 2018 the legislature passed a bill allowing the transport of alcohol through even dry counties in the state.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1873 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1874 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1874 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1874 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1879 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1880 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1880 | 9,534
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1890 | 12,060
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1900 | 13,619
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1910 | 14,853
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1920 | 12,644
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1930 | 12,128
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1940 | 14,160
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1950 | 11,607
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1960 | 10,580
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1970 | 10,047
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1980 | 10,300
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1990 | 10,222
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Webster County, Mississippi, United States
Research Tips
Resources
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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